Hello. I've recently updated from CS3 to CS5 and have noticed that now I am able to open a file that someone else has opened as a "Read Only" file. Well I wasn't paying attention, worked on a file (for a couple of hours), thought I saved it, closed it and now everything is gone. EVERYTHING. I don't work with InCopy - just InDesign.

Is there a way to turn this off? Is it a preference? I don't want to have to "check things out" or update things, I just want it to be like it use to be - if the file is open by anyone, it's locked. I work with several people and it would just be easier.

Peter - it was just CS5 files opened in CS5. I noticed the change when we upgraded from CS3, which is now fixed with an update. It literally said "file name" Read-Only. I could work on it, move things around but I couldn't save, I could do a Save As but that wouldn't save whatever the person working on the file saved. Really big huge hassle. Especially without caffeine.